uio_hv_generic: check that host supports monitor page
authorStephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Tue, 9 Jan 2018 20:57:31 +0000 (12:57 -0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 10:32:19 +0000 (12:32 +0200)
[ Upstream commit 06028d15177a1b406b7b075ea47c6a352732f23a ]

In order for userspace application to signal host, it needs the
host to support the monitor page property. Check for the flag
and fail if this is not supported.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/uio/uio_hv_generic.c

index 48d5327..fe5cdda 100644 (file)
@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ hv_uio_probe(struct hv_device *dev,
        if (ret)
                goto fail;
 
+       /* Communicating with host has to be via shared memory not hypercall */
+       if (!dev->channel->offermsg.monitor_allocated) {
+               dev_err(&dev->device, "vmbus channel requires hypercall\n");
+               ret = -ENOTSUPP;
+               goto fail_close;
+       }
+
        dev->channel->inbound.ring_buffer->interrupt_mask = 1;
        set_channel_read_mode(dev->channel, HV_CALL_DIRECT);